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How to Choose a Hair Transplant Surgeon

By August 22, 2022October 18th, 2023Hair transplants
dr marwan saifi hair transplant surgeon

Are you thinking about going through hair restoration surgery but you’re not sure what to look for in a surgeon?

We’ve put together 3 steps to find the right surgeon for you, as well as 5 recommendations from our award-winning clinic as to what you should keep in mind. This is how to choose a hair transplant surgeon if you’re interested in follicular unit transplantation or follicular unit extraction.

 

  1. Ensure your hair transplant surgery clinic uses the best equipment

Quite like with any surgical procedure, its success, safety, and long-term benefits depend on the surgeon’s expertise. As with any other surgery, it also requires high-quality equipment and a well-trained team to support the surgeon.

Indeed, hair transplant surgery has made a lot of progress in recent times. Thus, you can see advertisements for hair transplant clinics mentioning the kind of equipment they use.

  1. Choose hair transplant surgeons with great patient testimonials and expertise

This equipment affects how hair transplant procedure is done. However, these innovations do not influence the outcomes much.

Whether the hair extraction is robotic-assisted or done manually, the results depend on the skills of the surgeon.

The hair transplant industry is a multi-billion-dollar industry. Unfortunately, there are many misleading advertisements regarding hair transplants.

These adverts may readily mislead the patient. However, experts strongly recommend that, like any surgery, people must do due diligence before deciding.

  1. Check that your hair transplant surgeon has an equally well-trained team to assist

Unlike some other cosmetic surgeries, hair transplant surgery differs in the way that it not only requires expertise but is also labour intensive.

It means that a good surgeon is one who has a well-trained team to assist him.

The two most common procedures are:

These days FUE is the more commonly used technique. But hair harvesting using FUE demands lots of hard work.

FUT is a traditional hair harvesting method in which doctors would remove a long strip of hairs from the healthy part of the scalp (also called the strip method), followed by suturing the scalp.

You can learn more about how a hair transplant works.

Top 5 Things to look for in a hair transplant surgeon

Once the hair transplant team has extracted the high-quality follicles, it is time to start transplanting hair. This task is primarily done by the surgeon. However, not all surgeons have similar kinds of training and experience in hair transplants. Thus, there are many things to know about the surgeon.

  1. Learn about surgeons’ qualifications

First and foremost, you need to understand the qualification and expertise of the surgeon. It is the single most important factor. Thus, inquire about the surgeon’s qualifications. Pay particular attention to the memberships of professional associations that surgeons hold.

For example, Dr Marwan Saifi from Europe Surgery is a member of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery. Experienced surgeons are members of multiple professional associations.

Additionally, it is a good idea to look at the work experience of a surgeon. Quite often, surgeons would mention their expertise in their profile.

  1. Ask more about the team

Next, try to learn a bit about the team. After all, a hair transplant is teamwork. If you go to some small or cheaper clinic, they may not employ a team at all. Instead, they may have a team on a call and might be using some app. However, more reputed hair transplant surgery centres have dedicated and fully employed teams.

A permanent team also results in better chemistry between the surgeon and the team. It also means that the team feels higher responsibility. Such kind of information may be challenging to get, and you may need to do some homework.

  1. Meet patients

Try to learn more about the clients of the surgeon. This may be challenging as getting before and after images is not an issue these days. Nevertheless, you should ask a surgeon to provide testimonials.

If possible, the surgeon or clinic must be able to provide the contact information of some of their previous clients. Checking with previous clients can help you learn what to expect from that particular surgeon and clinic.

  1. Ask about technical aspects of follicular unit transplant

Finally, get a bit technical, and ask questions like from what part of the scalp doctor is planning to take a graft. What kind of harvesting method is a doctor planning to use, and inquire more about the equipment the surgeon intends to use? For example, do they use stereoscopic microscopes to select healthy follicles?

  1. Learn more about the procedure costs

The hair transplant market is highly commercialised, and thus it is a good idea to ask for full details about the cost, what is included and what is not.

Most hair transplant surgeons would provide a free initial consultation. At Europe Surgery, we do provide this – contact us and we can organise this.

Finally, remember that a hair transplant is also a bit of an art. Although most patients know what they want, an experienced surgeon can also help patients understand their needs. They can tell what will ultimately look better.

You can find out the full price of hair transplant surgery with us here.

Choose the right hair transplant clinic

To conclude, hair transplantation is a highly complex cosmetic surgery requiring much effort, time, and expertise. Therefore, you should do enough research before choosing a hair transplant surgeon.

Learn how our hair transplant in Poland can transform your confidence. Our surgeon is highly qualified and has performed the procedure many times for hair growth for previous patients.

A good hair transplant clinic is one that readily provides detailed information about its surgeons and even client testimonials like Europe Surgery.

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